On: NanoGPT

[dmit]

>> GPT-3 took 355 years to train

> Could this be distributed? Put all those mining GPUs to work.

Nope. It's a strictly O(n) process. If it weren't for the foresight of George Patrick Turnbull in 1668, we would not be anywhere close to these amazing results today.

[CyberDildonics → dmit]

Why would an O(n) algorithm not be able to be distributed?

[vid → dmit]

I couldn't find any references to George Patrick Turnbull. If that an ancestor of yours? If so, the comment seems rather subjective.

[taneq → vid]

They're being facetious about the '355 years to train' thing. ;)

[vid → taneq]

OK haha good one then. Mine was a bit too subtle.